# Bearings and yoyo design

**URL:** <https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/bearings-and-yoyo-design/64929>\
**Category:** General Yo-Yo\
**Created:** [March 27, 2014, 1:51am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/bearings-and-yoyo-design/64929 "2014-03-27T01:51:43Z")\
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**Author:** ![bdjansen](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/bdjansen/32/1386_2.png) [@bdjansen](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/bdjansen)\
**Post date:** [March 27, 2014, 1:51am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/bearings-and-yoyo-design/64929/1 "2014-03-27T01:51:43Z")

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Do yoyo companies design a yoyo with specific bearings in mind? If so, does that choice of bearing influence the rest of the yoyo’s design?

I’m talking about if there is a design choice to use flat or curved bearings. NOT the size of the bearing.

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**Author:** ![jbritter3](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/jbritter3/32/1265_2.png) [@jbritter3](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/jbritter3)\
**Post date:** [March 27, 2014, 1:59am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/bearings-and-yoyo-design/64929/2 "2014-03-27T01:59:23Z")

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most design around a size C bearing, because that’s most standard nowadays.

if you use a smaller bearing it changes the feel of the yoyo, not sure how the feel changes exactly though, never tried a small bearing high end.